What is the boiling point temperature of water

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A) What is the Boiling Point (Temperature) of Water?

B) How does a pressure cooker work?

C) Why are there "high altitude" cooking directions on certain packages of food such as Rice a Roni?

D) Why might one consider question "A" to be "not well-defined?"


Appropriately use as many of following terms as is possible in describing what is happening in the following situations:

Terms: Energy, Temperature, Heat, Hot, Cold, Specific Heat Capacity, Thermal Energy, Increase, Decrease, Conductivity. Try to be clear on the difference between Specific Heat Capacity and Conductivity.

Situation #1: You touch a metal handle on your door and it feels cold.

Situation #2: You touch a wooden handle on your door and it does not feel as cold as a metal handle would.

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